HIGH ON FIRE: New Tour Dates Announced
July 26, 2009Oakland, California's HIGH ON FIRE has lined up the following dates:
Aug. 07 - Eureka, CA - Noctumum
Aug. 08 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows
Aug. 10 - Fresno, CA - Starline
Aug. 11 - Modesto, CA - Fat Cat
Aug. 12 - Long Beach, CA - Alex's Bar
Aug. 15 - San Diego, CA - Casbah (w/ EARTHLESS)
Support on all shows will come from EARLY MAN.
In a February 2009 interview with Swigged!, HIGH ON FIRE vocalist/guitarist Matt Pike stated about the song writing process for the band's new album, "We're getting more intricate in our songwriting and actual playing. Some of it is rudimentary — not as difficult as it seems — but at the same time there is complicated chord work, key changes, and other really cool things. It's been going good — we're leaning on the whole BLACK SABBATH kind of thing."
Regarding how the group has been able to draw from its experiences working with such producers as Steve Albini and jack Endino, Pike said, "It's going to definitely help us more when we're actually recording than anywhere else. There are different sounds you can get — clean, dirty, close-up sounds. You can get cave-like sounds, like you're on the side of a mountain. There are just so many things you can do, and all the producers we've worked with just have a different style and a different way of showing it. It's taught us how to mic things a certain way to get what we want to hear. It's all still an experiment; you never know what you're going to come up with when you have that much experience behind you."
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